I've thought about this periodically over the years.
What the hell am I doing working my buttocks off to feed "the Beast" which is actively engaged in destroying my freedoms? Doesn't this make me the ultimate schmuck?
There's a country song I've heard a couple times that's appropriate. I think the title is "They're billing me, for killing me." Don't know who the artist is. That's essentially how I feel though. The Federal govt (and state and local govts to a lesser extent) take money out of my paycheck BEFORE I EVEN SEE IT and use it to expand and maintain a growing monstrosity I have little or no control over (ever tried to argue with a bureaucrat?) that's assuming more and more power over my daily life and expanding at a faster rate every year thus necessitating the need to take even MORE money from me.
Logic and experience tell me that the more money I throw at them, the more they need. Government is very much like a junkie in that respect, the more dope (money, in this case) they get ahold of, the stronger the addiction becomes and the more dope they need. Its a vicious cycle and the end result is never good. Why continue to feed this dysfunctional addict? Doesn't that make me morally complicit in the inevitable, final destructive end? From a moral standpoint, is sending $$$ to Wash. DC any different from supplying crack addicts with rock cocaine?
Thing is, I have little or no use for their idiotic programs and I'm tired of subsidizing other people's self-destructive behavior. I'm also tired of subsidizing industries that rake in millions already. For that matter, I'm personally just fine with the idea of no more road building. Screw it, you want a road, pave it yourself but don't send the bill to the taxpayers. If I want to use it, I'll throw you a buck at your toll-booth.
Its bad enough I shovel money at the Beast when I buy bread, coffee, gas and other staples (almost anything you absolutely need to live has an excise tax. Unless you're raising your own crops and got a chicken coop out back, you put a few $$$ in Uncle Sam's coffers everytime you go through the checkout) but between the fraud commonly known as Social Security, the tax on my phone bill, Income Tax, Medicare, etc., my wife and I are out damn near a house payment every month. Worst part is, WE CAN'T AFFORD A FRIGGIN' HOUSE!!!!!!
Am I just an idiot to keep sending in my hard earned $$$ to a goverment whose powers have completely engulfed nearly every aspect of my life? Is it time to "drop out"? How hard is this to do? What are the potential consequences? Any good books on the subject?
What the hell am I doing working my buttocks off to feed "the Beast" which is actively engaged in destroying my freedoms? Doesn't this make me the ultimate schmuck?
There's a country song I've heard a couple times that's appropriate. I think the title is "They're billing me, for killing me." Don't know who the artist is. That's essentially how I feel though. The Federal govt (and state and local govts to a lesser extent) take money out of my paycheck BEFORE I EVEN SEE IT and use it to expand and maintain a growing monstrosity I have little or no control over (ever tried to argue with a bureaucrat?) that's assuming more and more power over my daily life and expanding at a faster rate every year thus necessitating the need to take even MORE money from me.
Logic and experience tell me that the more money I throw at them, the more they need. Government is very much like a junkie in that respect, the more dope (money, in this case) they get ahold of, the stronger the addiction becomes and the more dope they need. Its a vicious cycle and the end result is never good. Why continue to feed this dysfunctional addict? Doesn't that make me morally complicit in the inevitable, final destructive end? From a moral standpoint, is sending $$$ to Wash. DC any different from supplying crack addicts with rock cocaine?
Thing is, I have little or no use for their idiotic programs and I'm tired of subsidizing other people's self-destructive behavior. I'm also tired of subsidizing industries that rake in millions already. For that matter, I'm personally just fine with the idea of no more road building. Screw it, you want a road, pave it yourself but don't send the bill to the taxpayers. If I want to use it, I'll throw you a buck at your toll-booth.
Its bad enough I shovel money at the Beast when I buy bread, coffee, gas and other staples (almost anything you absolutely need to live has an excise tax. Unless you're raising your own crops and got a chicken coop out back, you put a few $$$ in Uncle Sam's coffers everytime you go through the checkout) but between the fraud commonly known as Social Security, the tax on my phone bill, Income Tax, Medicare, etc., my wife and I are out damn near a house payment every month. Worst part is, WE CAN'T AFFORD A FRIGGIN' HOUSE!!!!!!
Am I just an idiot to keep sending in my hard earned $$$ to a goverment whose powers have completely engulfed nearly every aspect of my life? Is it time to "drop out"? How hard is this to do? What are the potential consequences? Any good books on the subject?
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